Join Jamaica Plain History Society on Zoom for a reading of the play Sophia Hayden Deserves Better by Stephanie Alison Walker. In 1891 a brilliant 23-year-old woman from Jamaica Plain won an architecture contest to design the Woman’s Building for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. What should have been the start to a flourishing career in architecture became career-ending. Throughout the two-year process of building The Woman’s Building, the architect quietly endured bullying, micromanaging…

This is the annual Jamaica Plain Historical Society members event. Please join and then you can attend! Sunday, December 4, 2022 2:00 PM  3:30 PM Forest Hills Crematory (map) The Jamaica Plain Historical Society Annual Members’ Event is a chance to mingle with other members, test your knowledge with the trivia challenge and hear about the work of the JPHS. Illustration by Felipe Âlvarez @felipfecit